Buckle.



P. A.. RUSS.

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FRIEND A. RUSS, OF GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT.

BUCKLE.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEND A. Russ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Greenwich, Fairfield county, Connecticut, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to buckles of the twopiece variety, employing abuckle frame and a cooperating web-clenching lever or castoff arrangedto engage the running` portion of the webbing, whereby the buckle propermay be adjusted thereon to any desired elevation.

The main object of the invention is to secure simplicity of constructionand econnomy of manufacture without sacrificing strength and durability.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a buckleand web end embodying my invention, the clamping lever being open. Fig.2 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a view of the back plateof the buckle with the clamping lever detached.

The buckle per se comprises a frame to which the extremity of thewebbing is connected, and a locking lever or equivalent means, suit-ablyconnected thereto and arranged to cooperate therewith for locking therunning-portion of the webbing in any desired position of adjustment.

The buckle proper comprises a backing a of sheet metal, provided withsuitable bearing ears b-Z) at each side edge.

c represents a clamping lever pivoted to the ears l).

Z-e are two narrow slots in the backing plate a, said slots being of awidth corresponding approximately to the thickness of the webbing to beused, the length of said slots being slightly less than the width of thewebbing.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led February 5, 1908.

Patented Dec. 28, 1909.

serial No. 414,334.

f represents the webbing. The slots (l e are located in a plane somewhatbelow the pivotal bearings b-Z).

The webbing f is threaded to the buckle plate as follows: One end of thewebbing passes through the slitted portion of the frame, thencedownwardly on the rear side of the frame, thence upwardly on the frontside of the frame, thence over the upper edge of the frame, thencedownwardly again at the rear side of the frame, and thence upwardlythrough the space in front of the frame between said frame and the webclamping lever c. This form of threading serves to produce the muchdesired rustless effect, and the number of bights in the webbing asapplied to the frame or back plate permits the web end to be effectivelysecured thereto without the aid of sewing or clamping.

hat I claim is:

In a device of the characterdescribed, a two-piece buckle`comprising aframe, a cooperating web clamping lever pivoted thereto, a web, saidframe being slitted to a width corresponding substantially to thethickness of the web, one end of the web passing through the slittedportion of the frame and extending thence downwardly on the rear side ofthe frame, thence upwardly on the front side of the frame, thence overthe upper edge on said frame, thence downwardly again at the rear sideof the frame, thence upwardly through the space in front of the framebetween said frame and said web clamping lever.

FRIEND A. RUSS.

Titnesses ANN ELLIOT, E. M. MITCHELL.

